This is the first study to describe distinct, previously unrecognized, patterns of peripheral fundus autofluorescence abnormalities in patients with age-related macular degeneration.

Sharma P, et al. Prevalence of peripheral retinal changes on ultra-widefield color fundus imaging. ... and patients with age-related macular degeneration tended to have drusen, ...

According to the Bright Focus Foundation, nearly 20 million US adults have some form of age-related macular degeneration. An estimated 18 million people aged 40 and older were living with early ...

For example, late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) affects mostly peripheral retina and, therefore, peripheral vision. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), ...

This includes late-onset retinal degeneration, which affects peripheral vision; and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), where there is damage to the part of the retina responsible for our central ...

Single-cell–resolution map of human retinal pigment epithelium helps discover subpopulations with differential disease sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2022; 119 ...

Scientists have found significant differences in the shape and biology of the same type of cell taken from different parts of the retina, according to a study in eLife.

Age and disease can cause metabolic changes in RPE cells that can lead to photoreceptor degeneration. The impact on vision from these RPE changes varies dramatically by severity and where the RPE ...